Monday Night Football - our playoff chances are very bleak right now but if we expect to have a shot at all we need to win this one. Should be interesting to see what we do on offense with Darren Sproles out..hopefully we can rely on PT, Ingram and Ivory to help sustain the running game and contain the explosive Eagles' offense.

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The whole world loves neophyte athletic tight end Jimmy Graham from Miami with the 95th pick. "Best pick in the draft,'' one AFC coach told me. "Give him time, and in that offense, he'll be better than [Jeremy] Shockey by the start of next year.''

“We know that no matter the adversity, be it the lockout, be it the suspension or be it a hurricane, our men will pull together and defend the honor of this city. We’ve shown we’ve been able to do that.” - Jabari Greer

It seems like you guys are a different team week to week. Which is good and bad. To me that says you guys control your own fate each week. You don't play to the level of your competition, rather you simply go out there, play your game and the result is totally based off your own execution.

It seems like you guys are a different team week to week. Which is good and bad. To me that says you guys control your own fate each week. You don't play to the level of your competition, rather you simply go out there, play your game and the result is totally based off your own execution.

Good luck this week. May the best team win!

And that is the result of not having a proper Head Coach this season.

With Sean Payton we had one of the best Game planning, Play calling Offensive Minds in the League.. and he almost always got his team up and motivated to play each week.

Without him it's clear the Crisp Execution of plays just isn't there some weeks. No where more so is this evident than in our 2nd half Offensive playcalling, I don't have the numbers but we've greatly struggled on Offense in the 2nd half of games and that's because we haven't made the proper adjustments. That almost never happened with Sean Payton he would always adjust to what the Defense was doing, if we were struggling with protection up front he would adjust the Blocking schemes, chip the ends more, roll Brees out, that's not happening this year.

Unless it is Milliner or Banks, I will be livid if we go CB in the first.

I agree, and I don't think either will be there by the time we're picking.

Seems like we're probably picking in the 13-16 range, and I'm hoping the direction we go will be Edge Pass Rusher or Offensive Tackle. I hope maybe Montgomery can slip to us, but if not the guy that we're most likely to be in position to land will be Dion Jordan. Explosive athlete, with long arms.

I agree, and I don't think either will be there by the time we're picking.

Seems like we're probably picking in the 13-16 range, and I'm hoping the direction we go will be Edge Pass Rusher or Offensive Tackle. I hope maybe Montgomery can slip to us, but if not the guy that we're most likely to be in position to land will be Dion Jordan. Explosive athlete, with long arms.

I imagine this is the case. During the Dallas game, the comment was made that our front 4 had 3, first round draft picks on it (Smith, Ellis and Jordan). The problem is that they are not playing like 1st rounders and there is no way we resign Smith and Ellis for the kind of money they will want playing the way they are. I don't see us going for anything other than the best DT or DE on the board when it is our turn on the clock.

It should really be about DE or DT in the first. If for some reason we can't sign Bushrod, then OT becomes maybe a position of need IMO...I would love for us to take a big NT and go to a 3-4 type of defense but I doubt that happens.

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The whole world loves neophyte athletic tight end Jimmy Graham from Miami with the 95th pick. "Best pick in the draft,'' one AFC coach told me. "Give him time, and in that offense, he'll be better than [Jeremy] Shockey by the start of next year.''

“We know that no matter the adversity, be it the lockout, be it the suspension or be it a hurricane, our men will pull together and defend the honor of this city. We’ve shown we’ve been able to do that.” - Jabari Greer

Loved what I saw out of the defense today. We were able to stop the run (minus that one long run from SJax) and got key stops when they were required.

I would like to see the offense click a little more than they were. Brees missed on some passes to Colston and Graham. I'm just glad to be the only team in the division to get a W today

Whew!
What. A. Game.

I was one of the thousands in attendance and let me tell you, I was on the edge of my seat all game long! I really wasn't sure if we were going to win that one, especially with the Falcons able to drive the ball most of the field in less than two minutes.

I'll be back on here later to talk more about the game in more detail, but I'll tell you, this has to be one of the first times that the DEFENSE picked up the slack for the offense's shortcomings.